DDS, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1993; Specialist in Orthodontics, University of Pennsylvania, Dept of Orthodontics, 1995; PhD-Doctor in Dentistry, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 2022; Former Clinical Professor of Orthodontics, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1996-2008; Private practice of Orthodontics in Caracas, Venezuela for the last 29 years; Editorial Board Member of Seminars in Orthodontics and Compendium of Continuing Education in Dentistry; Guest Editor for Veritas Odontológica, Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá; Editor, Revista Venezolana de Ortodoncia, 1998-2000; Peer reviewer for Progress in Orthodontics, JWFO, Dental Press, Seminars in Orthodontics, Acta Odontológica Venezolana, among others; Author of 4 book chapters and several peer reviewed publications. Including articles in AJODO, AJODO CC, Seminars in Orthodontics, Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, among others.